http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=3847661

here's some interesting parts:

President Bush called marriage "a sacred institution between a man and a woman" and pledged to work "to do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage."
Regardless of the ruling, gay marriages will not be equal under federal laws for purposes of taxes and health and retirement benefits because a 1996 law defined marriage for federal purposes as between one woman and one man.